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Lawyers for Gisele Kapterian and Nicolette Boele will have access to hundreds of ballots from Bradfield.

No photos, no copies: The strict rules for 792 ballot papers produced in the battle for Bradfield

The Federal Court has laid down strict rules for lawyers inspecting hundreds of ballot papers in the battle for Bradfield. 

  • Alexandra Smith and Michaela Whitbourn

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Cheek Media CEO Hannah Ferguson has lunch with SMH reporter Josefine Ganko

Hannah Ferguson wants Rupert Murdoch to know her (and hate her). Her ambition doesn’t end there

The political commentator has become a Gen Z favourite mixing up talk of vibrators and pop culture with Canberra critiques.

  • Josefine Ganko
Gisele Kapterian (left) and Nicolette Boele.

Every voter’s squiggle counts: why Bradfield court battle could drag on for months

The Liberal court challenge will come down to pencil strokes - and what voters apparently intended by them. Was a 5 really an 8, and was that squiggle actually a 7?

  • Anne Twomey
Liberal candidate Gisele Kapterian remains hopeful that she will name Bradfield MP, ending the short political career of teal Nicolette Boele.

The battle for Bradfield arrives in court – three months after the election

The rollercoaster ride in the northern Sydney seat continues for teal MP Nicolette Boele and Liberal hopeful Gisele Kapterian as the election result lands in court.

  • Alexandra Smith
Then-opposition leader Peter Dutton was forced to backflip on his work from home policy.

Labor had a work-from-home plan for the election. Dutton announced his first

The government put the plan on ice to avoid distracting voters from opposition leader Peter Dutton’s policy of forcing public servants back to the office.

  • Olivia Ireland, Jessica Yun, Chris Zappone and David Swan
Dr Michael Brand, director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

He reinvented the Art Gallery of NSW. This is where Michael Brand is headed next

After 13 years in Australia’s biggest arts job, Brand is leaving Sydney behind.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Gemma Grant
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Australia’s voting age should remain at 18 years of age, especially because voting is compulsory.

An interest in politics is great, but only adults should be allowed to vote

Compulsory voting means that casting a ballot is a responsibility. Sixteen-year-olds aren’t ready for that.

  • Brad Emery
Lowering the vote to 16 would force politicians to genuinely consider the needs of this ignored generation.

Whitlam gave 18-year-olds the vote. Now it’s time to lower it again

The UK has just announced it will lower the voting age to 16. What would happen if we followed suit?

  • Vivienne Skinner
Sussan Ley addresses her party room on Monday

Ley tells Liberal Party it can come back from ‘rock bottom’

Despite a seemingly tenuous grip on numbers inside the party room, Ley’s colleagues insist she must be given a chance to assert herself as leader.

  • Matthew Knott and Paul Sakkal
L:iberal candidate Gisele Kapterian

The 151 ballots that the NSW Liberals say should overturn the Bradfield result

In her High Court petition, Gisele Kapterian says some ballot papers were wrongly rejected in the final recount, while others were incorrectly allowed.

  • Alexandra Smith